Rock Salt And Nails

	  		


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On the banks of the river where the willows hang down 
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And wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound 
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Way down in the hollow where the water runs cold 
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That's where I first listened to the lies that you told 

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Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face 
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The past I remember time cannot erase 
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The letter you wrote me it was written in shame 
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And I know that your conscience still echo's my name 

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Now the nights are so long, and sorrow runs deep 
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And nothing is worse than a night without sleep 
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I'll walk out alone, I look at the sky 
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Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry 

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So if you ladies were blackbirds, if you ladies were thrushes 
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I'd lie there for hours in the cold chilly marshes 
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If you ladies were squirrel's with high bushy tails 
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I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails